Those with native accents are often unaware of the pervasive bias that those with perceived foreign accents experience. A new study from Sutton Trust indicates that accent discrimination is still a ...

A person with foreign accent syndrome may speak with the accent of someone from a different country or region. An injury to the central nervous system can cause this. With this condition, a person who ...

In a fraught political and cultural climate, immigration, nativism, and belonging remain divisive points in American society and culture. Those concerns are particularly acute for both U.S.-born ...

Having an accent in English has long been considered a disadvantage. Many of my clients come to me with concerns that their accented English is a liability to career advancement. Though I am not an ...

Four years ago, Elizabeth took a "Business English" course to communicate better with her colleagues. But the 35-year-old Taiwanese professional who lives in Singapore said they still ridicule her ...

But is it really possible to lose one’s accent? Linguistic researchers like us suggest the answer is complicated — no one becomes truly “accentless,” but accents can and do change over time. To us, ...

What if the way you talked caused you to be denied opportunities that other people have? For instance, when calling to ask about a job opening, you were told it was filled but then found out a friend ...

In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.